What Atlantic Research Partners does

Atlantic Research Partners (ARP) is a Chicago-based education consulting firm founded in 2007 that develops data-driven, customized education solutions for K-12 schools and districts across the United States. The company's core service offering centers on research-based teacher professional development, instructional coaching, school capacity-building, and pedagogical best-practices training, all directly linked to student academic achievement and performance analytics. ARP's methodology is grounded in a 2007 meta-analysis of teaching behaviors and student responses published by its founders, which established the intellectual foundation for the company's instructional coaching framework. The firm blends in-house data analysts with expert practitioners — including turnaround specialists, nationally known special education practitioners, former superintendents, and award-winning principals — to deliver customized engagements.

The business operates as a professional services organization rather than a software platform, generating revenue through customized, quote-based consulting engagements with individual school districts. Its go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with direct district partnerships as the primary distribution channel and no publicly disclosed pricing. Over a 12-year operating history, ARP reports a footprint spanning 26 states and 150 partner institutions, with a cumulative impact claim of over 1 million students served. The company is privately held, headquartered at 4809 N. Ravenswood Ave., Suite 425, Chicago, IL, and operates as part of the Transom Group corporate ecosystem alongside sister entities in education, accounting, SaaS, and telecommunications. No external funding rounds, acquisitions, or leadership changes are documented in available sources.

Name

Atlantic Research Partners

Legal name

Atlantic Research Partners

Website

https://atlanticresearchpartners.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Atlantic Research Partners is a Chicago-based K-12 education consulting firm founded in 2007 that provides research-based teacher professional development, instructional coaching, and student achievement analytics to schools and districts across 26 states, serving 150 partner institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Education Consulting Services: Provides comprehensive consulting services to schools and districts addressing complex educational challenges through customized solutions, teacher training programs, and professional development.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Atlantic Research Partners is an education consulting firm that develops data-driven, customized education solutions for K-12 schools and districts, focused on teacher training, instructional coaching, school capacity-building, and professional development linked to student achievement analytics. The firm partners directly with educational institutions across 26 states, combining data analysts with expert practitioners to accelerate student outcomes.

Product overview

Atlantic Research Partners is an education consulting and services company that develops data-driven, customized education solutions to accelerate student achievement in schools. Rather than a software product platform, the company operates as a services organization offering teacher training programs focused on instructional coaching, school capacity-building, and research-based professional development on pedagogical best practices. Their service offerings are directly linked to student academic achievement and performance analytics. The company has served 26 states across 150 partners over 12 years, impacting over 1 million students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Teacher Professional Development
• Instructional Coaching
• Student Achievement Analytics
• School Turnaround and Transformation Services
• Special Education Support

Quantifiable outcome

• Impacted over 1 million students
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Chicago Transom PartnersOthersSister company under common corporate ownership providing accounting services. Located within the Transom Group of companies alongside Atlantic Research Partners.
• Transom Education SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company in the education sector under the Transom Group umbrella. Represents a collaborative entity within the education-focused portfolio of companies.
• Transom SaaSTechnology or IntegrationTechnology subsidiary of the Transom Group providing software-as-a-service solutions. Part of the corporate ecosystem supporting Atlantic Research Partners.
• Transom TelecomOthersTelecommunications subsidiary within the Transom Group corporate ecosystem.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• NWEA: NWEA provides K-12 assessment and research-based analytics, including professional development offerings that connect MAP growth data to instructional practice. Its PD analytics layer overlaps with ARP's data-and-coaching model.
• Panorama Education: Panorama Education provides K-12 data analytics and student success platforms used by districts to track outcomes and inform interventions. It represents the data-driven half of ARP's hybrid value proposition and competes for the same district analytics budgets.
• Public Impact: Public Impact is an education research and consulting firm that advises districts and states on teacher policy, school turnaround, and talent development. It shares ARP's practitioner-led, research-based consulting approach to K-12 transformation work.

Direct peers

• BetterLesson: BetterLesson provides instructional coaching and personalized professional development for K-12 educators, blending expert coaches with data-driven content. It competes head-on with ARP's instructional coaching and teacher PD offering.
• Learning Forward: Learning Forward is a professional association focused on advancing effective professional learning for educators, including consulting and PD services to districts. Its mission and buyer base overlap closely with ARP's.
• TNTP (The New Teacher Project): TNTP is a leading nonprofit that partners with K-12 schools and districts to train, develop, and support teachers and school leaders. Like ARP, it sells custom, research-based instructional improvement services tied to student outcomes.

Broad incumbents

• Pearson: Pearson is a global education company with K-12 assessment, curriculum, and teacher professional development services. Its scale and incumbency in the K-12 professional services market make it a broad comparator to ARP.
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: HMH is a large K-12 publisher and services company that bundles curriculum, assessment, and professional learning for districts. ARP competes against HMH's professional services offerings within the same district relationships.
• McGraw Hill: McGraw Hill provides K-12 instructional materials, assessment, and professional development services. Its PD portfolio overlaps with ARP's instructional coaching and pedagogical best practices work for districts.
• Carnegie Learning: Carnegie Learning provides K-12 math and literacy instruction paired with professional learning and coaching for teachers. It blends content, data, and PD for districts similarly to ARP's combined analytics-plus-coaching model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EduAtlantic
• Facebookfacebook.com/EduAtlantic
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/atlantic-research-partners

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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